Archive for February 28th, 2023

SINHALA VEDAKAM AND WESTERN MEDICINE Part 3

Tuesday, February 28th, 2023

KAMALIKA PIERIS Pediatrician Manouri Senanayake researched into child hood and child care in ancient Lanka for her book titled Pediatrics and child care in Sri Lanka” (2007).  She found that the ancient literature yielded some information about childhood in ancient Sri Lanka.  Literary works emphasis the mother’s affection for her child. Childhood in ancient Sri […]

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INDUSTRIALIZE AND PROSPER PART I

Tuesday, February 28th, 2023

Sugath Kulatunga No country in the world has been able to move from low- to middle- and high-income status without undergoing the process of industrialization. STIGLITZ. (Nobel Laureate & former chief economist of the World Bank) At independence Sri Lanka (Ceylon) had a stable democracy, a sound economy, and an efficient public service.  Our external […]

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අභිනවයෙන් ඉදිවූ නාවලකන්ද බුද්ධ මන්දිරය විවෘත කිරීම සහ පිළිම වහන්සේ තැන්පත් කිරීමේ උතුම් පිංකම

Tuesday, February 28th, 2023

පේශල පසන් කරුණාරත්න කළුතර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ වලල්ලාවිට ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාසයට අයත් 849-D ග්‍රාම සේවා වසමේ බොදු බැතිමතුන්ගේ ආධ්‍යාත්මික හා සමාජීය දියුණුව සඳහා විශාල අඩුපාඩුවක් ව පැවති බුද්ධ මන්දිරයක අවශ්‍යතාවය ඉටුකර ගැනීම සඳහා නාවලකන්ද සමනල යෞවන සමාජයේ සභාපති පේශල පසන් කරුණාරත්න මහතාගේ මූලිකත්වය යටතේ යෞවන සමාජ තරුණ තරුණියන් ඇතුළුව ප්‍රදේශ වාසීන්ගේ දායකත්වයද ලබා ගනිමින් අභිනව බුද්ධ මන්දිරය […]

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Humans, Science, Power, Wealth, and Social Disintegration

Tuesday, February 28th, 2023

By Engr. Kanthar Balanathan DipEE (UK), GradCert (RelEng-Monash), DipBus&Adm (Finance-Massey), C.Eng., MIEE, Former Director of Power Engineering Solutions Pty Ltd, Consulting Electrical Engineers Solar System It is assumed and recorded that the solar system formed into its current outline about 4.5 billion years ago. It is presumed that the earth and the other planets are whirling and […]

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කොටි නායකයා සමඟ යුධ හමුදා කපිතාන්වරයා පැවැත්වූ සම්බන්ධය ගැන තිස්පස් වසරකට පසුව කියන අමුතු කතාව

Tuesday, February 28th, 2023

Insight – නැණස කොටි නායකයා සමඟ යුධ හමුදා කපිතාන්වරයා පැවැත්වූ සම්බන්ධය ගැන තිස්පස් වසරකට පසුව කියන අමුතු කතාව පැවැත්වූ සම්බන්ධය ගැන තිස්පස් වසරකට පසුව කියන අමුතු කතාව

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Pakistan supports Sri Lanka’s policy on maritime peace and security – Pakistan Navy Chief

Tuesday, February 28th, 2023

Prime Minister’s Media Unit Commader of the Pakistan Navy Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees on February 27. During the discussions, the Prime Minister thanked Pakistan for the support extended to Sri Lanka during the armed conflict as well as at the international forums. He also […]

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‘Electricity collaboration’ diplomacy in BBIN countries

Tuesday, February 28th, 2023

Jubeda Chowdhury  columnist, researcher ‘Alone we can do very little; Together we can do so much’. These words of the American writer Helen Keller are remarkably appropriate in the context of electricity for South Asian countries. Despite the huge potential, very little cooperation between countries in the region has been realized on electricity. Bangladesh, Bhutan, […]

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The role of expatriates in socio-economic development in Bangladesh

Tuesday, February 28th, 2023

Pathik Hasan Dhaka, Bangladesh The economy of Bangladesh is gradually improving. As a result of the increase in the country’s GDP, the per capita income has increased and the standard of living is improving as compared to before. Although the economic momentum has been somewhat hampered in the past few years due to the corona […]

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Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: Four months after their release, fate of Lankan nationals at Trichy camp hangs in balance

Tuesday, February 28th, 2023

Written by Arun Janardhanan  Courtesy The Indian Express Santhan is the only Lankan national among the four to have expressed his wish to return to the country. A top official in the Trichy district collector’s office said a review of Santhan’s papers are pending. Nalini Sriharan (PTI Close to four months after the six convicts in […]

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Sri Lankan govt bans strikes ahead of mass protest announced by unions

Tuesday, February 28th, 2023

BY MEERA SRINIVASAN Courtesy The Hindu Businessline The announcement came days ahead of a mass protest announced by worker unions against the steep rise in taxes and living costs Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared public transport services essential”, in a move that outlaws strike action by those working in the sector. The announcement came […]

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Socio-Economic Roots Of Teenage Pregnancy In Sri Lanka

Tuesday, February 28th, 2023

By P. K. Balachandran Courtesy Eurasia Review Teenage pregnancy is lower in Sri Lanka than in other countries in South Asia, but it varies with varying socioeconomic conditions within the island   In Sri Lanka, teenage pregnancy is lower than it is in most other developing countries, including South Asian countries. But there are noticeable differences […]

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CA quashes charges against Ravi in two CB bond cases

Tuesday, February 28th, 2023

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Court of Appeal today issued a writ of certiorari quashing the charges against former Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake in connection with two cases filed in Colombo High Court over Central Bank bond issuance. Court of Appeal two-judge-bench comprising Justices Sobhitha Rajakaruna and Dhammika Ganepola made this order consequent to the […]

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Export earnings decline by 11.3% in January 2023

Tuesday, February 28th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana Earnings from merchandise exports declined by 11.3% to USD 978 in January 2023, as opposed to those recorded in January 2022. Meanwhile, the deficit in the merchandise trade account narrowed to USD 410 million in January 2023 from USD 857 million recorded in January 2022, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) reported. […]

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Sri Lanka Police refutes claims of assassination attempt on President

Tuesday, February 28th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Police have refuted recent claims that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has commenced a probe into an alleged assassination attempt on the President. Police stated that earlier today (28 Feb.), the website of a renowned radio station posted an article about the CID launching an investigation into a conspiracy to assassinate […]

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People’s Bank, BOC chairs say banks will operate tomorrow despite planned token strike

Tuesday, February 28th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana The chairpersons of the People’s Bank and the Bank of Ceylon (BOC) both emphasized that their respective banks are ready to serve their customers tomorrow (March 01), the President’s Media Division (PMD) says. They expressed their confidence that it is the responsibility of all public servants to support the government’s program to build […]

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